india the superpower in sports essay
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Many of us were overjoyed after seeing Indian contestants putting up a marvellous show in the CWG. India secured a second spot in these games by getting 38 gold medals with a total of 101 medals. Indian contestants did well in boxing, shooting, badminton. but what surprised everyone was their good show in sports like Disc Throw, Table Tennis, Gymnastics-Artistic, Aquatics-Swimming. Praises were coming from everywhere saying Indian sports have risen and India has become a sports super power. First time in the history, most of the Indians were watching CWG instead of watching the ongoing cricket test series between India and Australia.
As the Asian games also ended, Indian contestants did well there as well – as compared to their performance in the 2006 Asian games. They were successful in getting 14 gold medals with a total of 64 medals and securing sixth spot. Here too, Indian contestants did well in unexpected areas like Roller sports. But if we look at the figures of China, South Korea, Japan, they were far ahead of India in Asian games. Ultimately, the real competition is Olympics but if we look at the medal tally of Olympics 2008, 49 countries were ahead of India in those games. India only got only 1 gold and 2 bronze medal there. This makes us wonder if we can really call India a sports superpower at this time? Answer is NO. But we can say that India has headed on the path towards becoming a sports superpower.